World of StarCraft? For real this time?

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164522.html?tag=latestnews;title;3

Man, I hope they don't do this. I would much rather have a StarCraft RTS.

[Khrystoph]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164522.html?tag=latestnews;title;3

Man, I hope they don't do this. I would much rather have a StarCraft RTS.

Um... don't they already have that?

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

Nobody likes a smartass.

[linkspast]

wow (no pun intended) I forgot Blizzard made games since WoW.


And did this just say a WoW movie?

[ILLiterate]

If you don't like smart asses, why be on the internet?

Also, meh, I could really care less about another Starcraft, and this is comming from someone who played it for 2 years

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

If you could care less, then why don't you? :rolleyes:

[watkinzez]

For some reason to me, competing with yourself doesn't make best business sense. Even if they make a different experience, it'll still be in the same market.
Unless they intend to wait for WoW to calm down.

[TheRedBob]

For some reason I don't mind competing with yourself makes best business sense. Even if they intend to make a different experience, it'll still be in the same market.
Unless they intend to wait for WoW to calm down.

I'm pretty sure that Blizzard's intent with WoW is to keep it running as long as possible. They have said, after all (though I don't have an official report on hand at the moment) that additional expansions are planned annually from here on out.

[Yoshi3gg]

Developing a Starcraft MMO is like printing money, so I figure it's an inevitability. It's very nice to know that, when/if such a time comes, Blizzard isn't going to just make Warcraft in space (to bring back an old phrase).

Personally, I'd be content if they just developed another Starcraft expansion with new campaigns and some new multiplayer maps; I really can't imagine a new Starcraft being better than the original.

[Fudd]

I still don't see how the hell they'd pull off a "World of StarCraft" anyway.

What happens if you want to play as Zerg? You start off as a Larva and evolve into what? You're just gonna die.
And if they have you play it at a Cerebrate angle, with control over a colony or some such, that'd kind of be like playing normal SC.

[The Coop]

Not to come off as sounding like a jerk, but I honestly couldn't care less about an online StarCraft. I don't usually play online games, let alone RPGs where you can only play it online while paying a monthly fee (that's why World of WarCraft has never interested me). Having to basically repeatedly pay for the game over and over just doesn't do it for me at all gaming-wise. And in truth, I'm just not all that interested in a sequel to SC. The original was fun, but I never shared the "be all end all of RTS games" attitude that many have applied to SC over the years.

Frankly, I'd much rather have the long rumored Diablo III come to pass, or perhaps see WarCraft IV.

[parasoul]

Ideally I would like to see a normal Diablo 3 but if Universe of Starcraft or whatever was more than just WoW in space I would be very interested in giving it a try. I think if they could find a nice mix between space and land battles it could be great. I like the idea in the article of it being a new innovative MMO idea and I am interested in what they have in mind.

[Bahamut]

I smell Diablo MMORPG possibly? It certainly fits the more innovative bill.

[Blake]

wow (no pun intended) I forgot Blizzard made games since WoW.


And did this just say a WoW movie?

http://www.blizzard.com/press/060509.shtml

[Zutnunzor]

Anything coming outta Blizzard that isn't WoW is good news to me.

Bring it on.

[Red Shadow]

I still don't see how the hell they'd pull off a "World of StarCraft" anyway.

What happens if you want to play as Zerg? You start off as a Larva and evolve into what? You're just gonna die.
And if they have you play it at a Cerebrate angle, with control over a colony or some such, that'd kind of be like playing normal SC.
Maybe theyll get Will Wright to help them design the zerg stuff.

[HideousBeing]

I really would not want Blizzard to make an MMORPG of SC. A sequal would make me happy. I wouldn't even mind if it was only 2-D.

[lazygecko]

Blizzard should reacquire the DC license. They made a Superman and Justice League game back in the day, though they weren't exactly stellar.

[Raziellink]

Whatever Blizzard does or creates, it's bound to make them a shitload of money.

[Nazxul]

Despite the fact that I have never played Starcraft, Warcraft, or much WoW, I think I'd like to see this. I really wanted to, but I could never get into WoW because frankly, the whole "orcs" and "elves" and "bows & arrows" and "magic spells" shit bores me. I'm not saying its crap or lame, it's just REALLY not my thing. Give me sci-fi. Give me aliens and big guns and spaceships and explosions (not the mindless type of course). That's what I love. I mean WoW MUST be pretty damn good - shitloads of PC gamers play it, people get addicted, it's created all this hype, etc... so if they could make a WoW style game, only in a world of science-fiction and aliens, then I reckon that would be sweet, and it's something that I'd DEFINITELY like to check out.

[The Lone Gunman]

Ever played EvE online Nazxul? Might be worth looking into...

As for Blizzard, they're like King Midas right now (except without the logistical problems of turning food into gold), but I'd rather have another TRUE sequel for Starcraft (as an RTS) than another sci-fi MMO (which is always good), as Starcraft really needs some new blood in it's franchise first. Granted, this is the same thing they did with Warcraft...but it worked out.

[Wolfstan]

Another Diablo would make more sense.

[lazygecko]

Give me sci-fi. Give me aliens and big guns and spaceships and explosions (not the mindless type of course). That's what I love.

Pretty much all of that is in WoW, don't be so quick on passing it off as another me-too LotR ripoff. The Draenei are aliens (As are the orcs in a sense), and their capital is a crashed spaceship. The gnomes and goblins have all sorts of high-tech stuff like guns, mechs and tanks. It's really more of a steampunkish game.

[CE]

Not to come off as sounding like a jerk, but I honestly couldn't care less about an online StarCraft. I don't usually play online games, let alone RPGs where you can only play it online while paying a monthly fee (that's why World of WarCraft has never interested me). Having to basically repeatedly pay for the game over and over just doesn't do it for me at all gaming-wise. And in truth, I'm just not all that interested in a sequel to SC. The original was fun, but I never shared the "be all end all of RTS games" attitude that many have applied to SC over the years.

Frankly, I'd much rather have the long rumored Diablo III come to pass, or perhaps see WarCraft IV.

My opinion is this one. Point by point, phrase by phrase. I wish Blizzard had never found out that MMOs print money.

[I-n-j-i-n]

I took that story as a "Diablo game, Starcraft game and a new MMORPG franchise".

I won't be surprised if they do. I have a feeling that they might want to try making something totally new for once.

"Bringing Warcraft to the movies is the next step for us, we want to let people bring World of Warcraft into other aspects of their lives. After all, we're competing for people's entertainment time, whether it's listening to music, watching TV, or going to the cinema"

So maybe, finally, sorta, kinda, they are aiming to make a CG-cutscene style Warcraft movie they kept hinting at? I think that could actually be a pretty cool idea.

[Nazxul]

Ever played EvE online Nazxul? Might be worth looking into...

Dude, this game looks pimp as hell! Imma give it a try - thanks for the tip (and it's a few years old so there's a good chance it'll run on my junky PC - nice!).

[Ciel]

Anyone who has played Total Annihilation knows Starcraft's engine could do with some serious upgrading. With World of Warcraft filling the online RPG role for the time being, I'd love to see that same excellent story and setting from Starcraft put to use in a new RTS. Diablo II was a very rich experience as well, I wouldn't complain at all about seeing a sequel to that instead.

[XCloud419]

i think blizzard is givin starcraft a bad name. i mean..whatever happened to starcraft ghost? i was waiting and waiting for that, is that even out? i think all this "wow" just made blizzard lazy so they probably stopped production of the game...maybe a "wow" version of Diablo 1/2?

[lazygecko]

They had a lot to live up to for Starcraft Ghost. Probably more than they could handle, so they put it on ice to avoid even more disappointment. The actual gameplay footage I've seen didn't look that amazing.

[HideousBeing]

i think blizzard is givin starcraft a bad name. i mean..whatever happened to starcraft ghost? i was waiting and waiting for that, is that even out? i think all this "wow" just made blizzard lazy so they probably stopped production of the game...maybe a "wow" version of Diablo 1/2?

Blizzard knew better than to continue making SC ghost. Their excuse was that they just weren't ready for the console projects yet. I say they saw that the project won wide disapproval by most people (everyone wanted an rts sequel like sc2) and just shut down production. They realized that they probably would've grossed horribly with that game.

[Scufo]

I must say that I'd be pretty enthusiasic if a Starcraft MMO was to come out. I very much like the SC universe as a whole, and WoW was great when I still played it. So Blizzard could definitely pull it off.

I would, however, rather see an RTS sequel than anything.

[supremespleen]

I'm sick of MMOs where you walk around all the time. I'll take EVE any day!

[HalcyonSpirit]

I'm sick of MMOs where you walk around all the time. I'll take EVE any day!

I still need to start the trial for EvE...

[RocketSniper]

I'm sick of MMOs where you walk around all the time. I'll take EVE any day!
The game in which you slowly float around all the time. Great improvement. *faceplant*

[EdgeCrusher]

Why has Blizzard forsaken us for the mighty money gods? The koreans will eat this up though.

[Bahamut]

I'm korean and I say fuck MMORPGs.

[EdgeCrusher]

Then you are an Uncle Tom....

[Platonist]

I like the idea of an MMO but i think it seems to be too addictive to even considder starting to play one ..
i need my freetime .. MMO - cool .. but for me : no :/

[Brim]

Dammit, I hope Diablo III doesn't become an MMO.
It needs to retain that quick-paced, arcadey feel.

[Shadix]

I'm sick of MMOs where you walk around all the time. I'll take EVE any day!

Like Real Life? Owait.

[Drake5017]

Id rather they release a new Lost Vikings game...

[jaysiff]

dude as much as I respect starcraft as one of the greatest games of all time, and the best rts of all time. world of starcraft would be gay. dude why cant they just give people what they want? we want a new sc! starcraft has been around for almost 10 years and people still play on battlenet. man i even still play sc at lan parties, and battlenet. world of starcraft would be retarded because

1. as much as I like some mmo's i hate monthly fees with a passion. You bought the game that should be the end of it. theres no monthly fee for anything but mmo's pretty much. the only other gaming service i can think of that costs money is xbox live, but thats nowhere near as pricey as mmo's.

2. dude if you were zerg i can understand how you would be able to like upgrade and level up, but lets just say your terran. you start out as a marine. It wouldnt match the way the rts was. because in sc one marine even on its highest level couldnt take out somthing like a guardian, a carrier, or even a photon cannon on its lowest level. what are we going to have to form parties of 100 marines on there highest level to take out some guardians on their highst level? lol then everyone would be zerg or toss.

3. finally. if blizzard doesnt realize by now that we want a new sc. not world of sc. but a new sc. they are retarded too. people have been getting so impatient for a sequel that theyve been making fan made sc rts mods of other rts games. such as starkiller for c&c generals.

we need a new sc. not a gay mmo

[atmuh]

1. as much as I like some mmo's i hate monthly fees with a passion. You bought the game that should be the end of it. theres no monthly fee for anything but mmo's pretty much. the only other gaming service i can think of that costs money is xbox live, but thats nowhere near as pricey as mmo's.

If people pay it (which they most certainly do) blizzard doesn't give a crap about one person's opinion. Monthly fees make them money. They make games to make them money.

[The Damned]

And considering how many people are paying $15 or $20 a month, for the last two years... they can afford to ignore the "I don;t like paying fees" part of the world.

Anyone have the number of people that are playing right now? I'd like to see some math showing how much they make each month, and how much they made last year.

[lazygecko]

8 million was the last milestone. 3.5 of them being chinese.

[The Damned]

So, 8 millions players, times $15 a month... that's 120 million dollars a month. Times that by two years, that comes to 2.88 billion bucks.

I don't think they had all 8 millions subscribers from the start, and I think it's only a year and a half. But even then... that's pretty much a billion dollars. Even after taxes and recouping the cost of development and marketing and servers and all that, they're looking at hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.

Blizzard is going to do fine for the next decade or so.

[Gruntguy]

Give me Diablo III, or give me death!